Applying Oracle Patchset on a Clustered Oracle Database

Hi All,
I have Oracle 9i 9.2.0.4 (32bit on solaris 9) and its clustered with VERITAS Cluster Server Oracle Enterprise Extension and i am planning to apply patchset
Oracle 9iR2 Patchset 9.2.0.7.0 on it.
Kindly let me know how to apply patchset on a clustered oracle database and what are the steps to it and what precautions to be taken for this as it a very critical database.
Thanks in Advance
Deepak D

Go to Metalink -> Patches & Updates, then select Advanced Search. You'll find all the instructions there, along with specifics for RAC.

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